Who we are

We started this site because most game review coverage collapses everything a game does into a single number, and a number can't hold an argument. A 7/10 doesn't tell you whether a game is a 7 because its combat is thin or because its story falls apart in the third act — those are different problems for different players. So instead of a score, every review we publish carries one of four badges: Editor's Choice, Recommended, Worth Playing, or Skip It. The badge is a verdict; the review underneath it is the argument for that verdict.

We don't play every game we cover first-hand — with three writers and a genre this large, that isn't honest to claim. What we publish instead is reporting: grounded in public release information, technical analysis from outlets like Digital Foundry, and the critical and player consensus that forms after a game ships. Every review's "How we reviewed it" section says exactly what it draws on. We'd rather tell you where our information comes from than dress up a synthesis as a personal playthrough.

We accept review codes from publishers when they're offered, and we say so in the piece when we do. We don't accept payment for coverage, and a publisher providing a code has no say in the badge a game receives. Our full policy is on the Review Policy page.